Title: Consolidate the labels in this repository · Issue #1656 · python/devguide · GitHub
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Description: Describe the enhancement or feature you would like I was going through and labeling old issues today, and it made me realize how duplicated and unnecessary some labels in this reposition are, for reference we have 37 labels (and only 96 ...
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